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dependencies {
  ...
  implementation "androidx.health.connect:connect-client:1.1.0-rc01"
  ...
}

<manifest>
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.READ_HEART_RATE"/>
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.WRITE_HEART_RATE"/>
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.READ_STEPS"/>
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.WRITE_STEPS"/>

  <application>
  ...
  </application>
</manifest>

...
<application>
  ...
  <!-- For supported versions through Android 13, create an activity to show the rationale
       of Health Connect permissions once users click the privacy policy link. -->
  <activity
      android:name=".PermissionsRationaleActivity"
      android:exported="true">
    <intent-filter>
      <action android:name="androidx.health.ACTION_SHOW_PERMISSIONS_RATIONALE" />
    </intent-filter>
  </activity>

  <!-- For versions starting Android 14, create an activity alias to show the rationale
       of Health Connect permissions once users click the privacy policy link. -->
  <activity-alias
      android:name="ViewPermissionUsageActivity"
      android:exported="true"
      android:targetActivity=".PermissionsRationaleActivity"
      android:permission="android.permission.START_VIEW_PERMISSION_USAGE">
    <intent-filter>
      <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW_PERMISSION_USAGE" />
      <category android:name="android.intent.category.HEALTH_PERMISSIONS" />
    </intent-filter>
  </activity-alias>
  ...
</application>
...

<application> ... </application>
...
<!-- Check if Health Connect is installed -->
<queries>
    <package android:name="com.google.android.apps.healthdata" />
</queries>

val availabilityStatus = HealthConnectClient.getSdkStatus(context, providerPackageName)
if (availabilityStatus == HealthConnectClient.SDK_UNAVAILABLE) {
  return // early return as there is no viable integration
}
if (availabilityStatus == HealthConnectClient.SDK_UNAVAILABLE_PROVIDER_UPDATE_REQUIRED) {
  // Optionally redirect to package installer to find a provider, for example:
  val uriString = "market://details?id=$providerPackageName&url=healthconnect%3A%2F%2Fonboarding"
  context.startActivity(
    Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW).apply {
      setPackage("com.android.vending")
      data = Uri.parse(uriString)
      putExtra("overlay", true)
      putExtra("callerId", context.packageName)
    }
  )
  return
}
val healthConnectClient = HealthConnectClient.getOrCreate(context)
// Issue operations with healthConnectClient

// Create a set of permissions for required data types
val PERMISSIONS =
    setOf(
  HealthPermission.getReadPermission(HeartRateRecord::class),
  HealthPermission.getWritePermission(HeartRateRecord::class),
  HealthPermission.getReadPermission(StepsRecord::class),
  HealthPermission.getWritePermission(StepsRecord::class)
)

// Create the permissions launcher
val requestPermissionActivityContract = PermissionController.createRequestPermissionResultContract()

val requestPermissions = registerForActivityResult(requestPermissionActivityContract) { granted ->
  if (granted.containsAll(PERMISSIONS)) {
    // Permissions successfully granted
  } else {
    // Lack of required permissions
  }
}

suspend fun checkPermissionsAndRun(healthConnectClient: HealthConnectClient) {
  val granted = healthConnectClient.permissionController.getGrantedPermissions()
  if (granted.containsAll(PERMISSIONS)) {
    // Permissions already granted; proceed with inserting or reading data
  } else {
    requestPermissions.launch(PERMISSIONS)
  }
}

val stepsRecord = StepsRecord(
    count = 120,
    startTime = START_TIME,
    endTime = END_TIME,
    startZoneOffset = START_ZONE_OFFSET,
    endZoneOffset = END_ZONE_OFFSET,
)

suspend fun insertSteps(healthConnectClient: HealthConnectClient) {
    val endTime = Instant.now()
    val startTime = endTime.minus(Duration.ofMinutes(15))
    try {
        val stepsRecord = StepsRecord(
            count = 120,
            startTime = startTime,
            endTime = endTime,
            startZoneOffset = ZoneOffset.UTC,
            endZoneOffset = ZoneOffset.UTC,
            metadata = Metadata.autoRecorded(
                device = Device(type = Device.TYPE_WATCH)
            ),
        )
        healthConnectClient.insertRecords(listOf(stepsRecord))
    } catch (e: Exception) {
        // Run error handling here
    }
}

suspend fun readStepsByTimeRange(
    healthConnectClient: HealthConnectClient,
    startTime: Instant,
    endTime: Instant
) {
    try {
        val response =
            healthConnectClient.readRecords(
                ReadRecordsRequest(
                    StepsRecord::class,
                    timeRangeFilter = TimeRangeFilter.between(startTime, endTime)
                )
            )
        for (stepRecord in response.records) {
            // Process each step record
        }
    } catch (e: Exception) {
        // Run error handling here.
    }
}

suspend fun aggregateSteps(
    healthConnectClient: HealthConnectClient,
    startTime: Instant,
    endTime: Instant
) {
    try {
        val response = healthConnectClient.aggregate(
            AggregateRequest(
                metrics = setOf(StepsRecord.COUNT_TOTAL),
                timeRangeFilter = TimeRangeFilter.between(startTime, endTime)
            )
        )
        // The result may be null if no data is available in the time range
        val stepCount = response[StepsRecord.COUNT_TOTAL]
    } catch (e: Exception) {
        // Run error handling here
    }
}